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Yearns

To long, have a strong desire (for something).

📖 Definitions of "Yearns"

verb
  1. 1

    To long, have a strong desire (for something).

    "All I yearn for is a simple life."

  2. 2

    To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.

  3. 3

    To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).

  4. 4

    To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

verb
  1. 1

    To curdle, as milk.

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